Baldwin has since assured Page Six that the circumstances of his arrest have been blown out of proportion by the media.

"I went myself [to the police] in a pre-arranged kind of way, but that won't stop the process of the powers that be being upset about it," he explained.

Baldwin continued: "I had this pretty serious issue with filings that weren't handled appropriately. To be honest with you, it's a situation right now where my lawyers are in a conversation now with New York state and the district attorney's office, and I'm very hopeful that everything should be fine."

"I don't think he's going to go to jail," Alec said on Piers Morgan Tonight. "I know that he's in a negotiated settlement and things that were online... That's what the media today does. They try to tilt it the way that they need it to be to sell copies and what have you, and sell online hits to their sites."